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Newspaper
Panguitch Progress
Location
Panguitch, Utah, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1913
Page
3
A collection of antiquated quips and anecdotes including a London Daily Mirror editor’s elephant publicity stunt to fund a charity, a sleepy child’s bedtime prayer dispute, and Uncle Abner comments on loyalty and newspaper life.
A Glasgow journalist, heedless of dress, presented his card to the theater box office. The manager questioned his intent, asking if he came to write about the show or for amusement. The journalist left after a terse exchange.
The clippings show scattered jokes about fathers and sons from multiple papers. Warner quips contrast brains and skills between generations. Other lines tease talents in music and forearms with light satire and brief punchlines.
Duluth passes a revised housing ordinance after a formal review by a housing committee. The measure requires open light and ventilation for rooms, adequate space, outer air access, fire safeguards, and in new tenements sinks and water closets. Existing dwellings adopt stricter standards as feasible with public health in mind.
Conference of state mayors notes progress on planning reforms. In 1912 they urged passage of a local planning commission act now law. 1913 meeting orders advisory committee to survey cities and arrange a state planning conference and urges mayors to create city planning commissions as authorized by law.
From Suburban Gardens by Grace Tabor guidance on grading sites: remove top soil to six to eight inches, set aside in a safe spot, then shape the area to within six inches of final grade, and restore soil evenly, deeper where built up to allow settling.
England issues a prospectus for the Cardiff Workers' Co-Operative Garden Village society Ltd. The 110 acre estate near Cardiff features a development plan by Raymond Unwin. Houses to be limited to ten per acre, 34 already under erection at rents from 1.30 a week.
One hundred and fifty applications for the Sumter S C city managership came mostly from engineers. A well known engineer commented that the city manager plan would open opportunities for engineers as they are better trained for the work than those in other professions.
A collection of fragmented humorous lines and quotations featuring a pirate themed vow a hat theft tale a boy’s test score a pun about contemporary life and a series of witty exchanges from classic joke pages. The items reflect early 20th century newspaper light entertainment and social scenes.
A dialogue unfolds where a young woman speaks of arranging an important interview for a potential suitor. The father questions the motives and hints the visitor may seek approval rather than romance, while a light note about poetry and independence threads through the exchange.
A quirky exchange features a mother and child in Plano where the child asks to quit briefly and the mother’s reply leads to a humorous back and forth. A sardonic friend notes speak-time issues as a dramatic piece unfolds with playful terms about a walkover and a run.
A brief dialogue notes the parade’s success with the band playing tunes fitting the occasion. The exchange hints at a notable performance and the crowd’s reception.
The record notes the Fale trial with a quoted line about perseverance. A second speaker, claiming ten years of marriage, questions whether success follows effort and humorously references dining preferences.
A fragment from a 19th or early 20th century page blends verse and prose about agrarian life and local politics. It critiques public works funding, highway enforcement, and private gain from hauling, while interjecting humorous dialect dialogue about a sick laborer and household items.
A fragmented classroom joke exchange features Mr McMasters and a student in a woodland setting. Light humor centers on tastes and curiosities with quips about whole wheat, perfumes of a professor, and casual remarks on smoking and drinking.
Excerpt shows a rapid dialogue about travel to a high floor in a Sky High building, mentioning express elevators, a corridor tram, and a fast local elevator. A physician and judge exchange lines about a death and a cure. A messenger asks a senator about his busy tasks and duties.
A playful verse sketches a man who tries to croak away and causes regret when he opens his mouth, turning a grim wish into social scorn and laughter.
A German mother aboard a South East street car shouts to her son Charlie on the opposite car to hurry. When the two trains diverge she signals, then breaks the moment with a casual alert that the key lies under the back door mat. Charlie leaps to safety and reunites with his mother amid cheers.
A fragment quotes a married friend warning that all men are deceitful and selfish. One character says she will marry a man she believes is different. The exchange ends with a proverb about earning peace and self respect. A stray ad line about teething syrup and a stray turkey strut comment appear.
Woman reports sixteen years of pains and weakness vanishing after Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanitive Wash. Riverside area mention in Vermont and Gifford Iowa another patient, Mrs Sawyer and Mrs Slagle credited cures.
A fair aréduats converses with a young gentleman after colanence ment exercises. She sighs she is now an AB. He reveals he has a degree DA. She asks what it means. He explains it stands for Bachelor. The scene reflects curious misreadings of academic titles.
Mrs. Carrie M. Brown of Lucerne Colorado shares a wartime era testimonial from 1913 describing a infant’s eczema starting on the neck then cheeks, relieved completely within a month after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. The ad notes worldwide sales and a free sample offer.
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